JBS,

I'm afraid I must disagree with you. Microsoft's support polices are well documented. Windows XP will enjoy basic support all the way until April 2014. Microsoft made it well known in advanced that IE 9 would not be for XP and that is consistant with MS's support policy regarding making new features for existing platforms. For more information about MS's support polices, please see the MS Lifecycle Support Blog:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/lifecycle/default.aspx?PageIndex=2

Considering the number of years XP has enjoyed support - and considering the fact that XP enjoyed two browser upgrades (it came with IE6), I would say that for a $30 purchase (assuming you got XP OEM) I would say that is a pretty good deal. I would love to see you get that kind of support out of even Amazing Charts or any other software you use.

JamesNT

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